-
Join Premium →Get Everything You Need to Secure a Training ContractNow half the price. Join TCLA Premium for £30/month and get step-by-step application support, daily commercial awareness practice, and 700+ successful examples of past applications and interview experiences. Plus so much more.
-
Office Hours with BCLP (Live Q&A)29 Oct 2025 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm (UK) Hosted on TCLA TVJoin Isabel Elsey, Legal Recruitment Manager at BCLP, for a live Q&A session. Get details on secondments, innovation, growth areas, and everything else you’ve wanted to ask about life at BCLP!
📺 Join Event
Search results
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
I think the way I would approach the question is: Choose an example that allows you to talk extensively about the question and your experience in client service. This can be a corporate position but also waitressing or working in a shop, even those experiences will be very good examples for...- axelbeugre
- Post #9,413
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
I personally would leave, I am sure they can see you and everything was fine. I would email them only if your laptop crashed during the assessment which does not seem to be the case. I am sure that everything is fine!- axelbeugre
- Post #9,399
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
I think you can but if you are worried about repetition, I would personally try to find another example as good as the one you are thinking of and go with that one to be safe than sorry. I struggled with finding good examples too when I was applying and I often wanted to use the same experiences...- axelbeugre
- Post #9,253
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Congratulations!!- axelbeugre
- Post #9,210
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Attending your first vacation scheme is definitely something to be proud of but I totally understand the anxiety surrounding it as I was completely lost when I attended my first one as a first time applicant as well. Some tips that I can share are: Make sure you have done your due diligence...- axelbeugre
- Post #9,209
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Congratulations! Very well done!- axelbeugre
- Post #9,199
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
I have shared some tips on them on this post that you might find useful: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/tcla-vacation-scheme-applications-discussion-thread-2023-24.8037/post-156677 I personally do not know how these are marked, I do not think anyone does. The only thing...- axelbeugre
- Post #9,198
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
With such a limited amount of words, I would go straight to the points with you answers, immediately replying to the exact question without adding unnecessary wording. If the questions ask you about your motivations for a career in law or the firm, I would stick to a 2 reasons why answer...- axelbeugre
- Post #9,196
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Yes, chances are you might not need it or they will give you everything that you need but I would say to bring as much paper as you can since you want to be prepared.- axelbeugre
- Post #9,195
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Hey @Patrick, First of all congratulations for getting through this stage as a first time applicant, this is amazing and exciting! I have shared some tips on this post which might be helpful to you...- axelbeugre
- Post #9,194
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Congratatulations!!- axelbeugre
- Post #9,141
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
I do not think it makes a difference especially if they provide both. Choose what suits you best and what format do you think you might thrive in more. It really is a matter of choosing what you personally want if they give you this chance.- axelbeugre
- Post #9,056
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Congratulations!- axelbeugre
- Post #9,054
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Major congratulations!!!- axelbeugre
- Post #9,002
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
I personally treated the work experience a bit different and I tended to describe my tasks and the skills developed without going too much into details. I think the work experience is different from the why you question so keep it a bit more professional, describing the tasks and the skills...- axelbeugre
- Post #9,001
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Congratulations!!!- axelbeugre
- Post #8,993
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
Hey @Vic.99, In that case I would not focus on the quantity of experiences or skills but choose a couple and dive deeper into why those experiences and skills developed make you the best candidate. This will allow you to talk about yourself and the most important skills that you feel...- axelbeugre
- Post #8,992
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
Help with writing a cover letter for a non-law student
As a non-law student myself when I was applying last year I found it really hard to explain my interest in the law and make it come off as genuine. However, I found out that expressing your real reasoning as to why you want to become a lawyer is what works best. I usually said this: ''I want to...- axelbeugre
- Post #4
- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
-
Help with writing a cover letter for a non-law student
Those are great advice @jameshdrew, thanks for sharing, I am sure they will be useful to many!- axelbeugre
- Post #3
- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
-
PGDL - ULaw vs BPP in-person Manchester
I am currently doing the PGDL at BPP because my firm sent me there but I think I would have preferred ULaw. I am based in the London campus and there are quite a few issues, however I have friends at ULaw who have issues as well so it is a difficult choice. What I would consider is where the...- axelbeugre
- Post #2
- Forum: Applications Discussion